Montreal Masters: Auger-Aliassime reaches last 16, Norrie next
Felix Auger-Aliassime beat Yoshihito Nishioka 7-6 (6), 6-4 on Thursday night and will face No 9 seed Cameron Norrie in the next round
Felix Auger-Aliassime at the BNP Paribas Open 2022
Image Credit: Antoine Couvercelle / Panoramic
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime, the No 6 seed, won against Japanese Yoshihito Nishioka 7-6 (6), 6-4 to move into the last 16 of the Montreal Masters at Stade IGA on Wednesday night.
Auger-Aliassime made 17 aces in two sets. Ranked No 9, he will play No 9 seed Cameron Norrie next, the man who beat him in Los Cabos semi-final last Friday.
This is the end of a prolific ten years period for Nishioka, who reached the final in Washington last week. Ranked No 54, the Japanese defeated Paire, ranked No 104 (6-2, 6-3), before meeting Auger-Aliassime
Montreal Masters 1000, other second-round results:
- Jack Draper vs. Stefanos Tsitsipas
- Daniel Evans beat Andrey Rublev (5): 6-4, 6-4
- Cameron Norrie beat Botic van de Zandschulp: 6-1, 6-2
- Albert Ramos-Vinolas beat Diego Schwartzman (12): 6-4, 6-2
- Taylor Fritz (10) beat Frances Tiafoe: 5-7, 6-1, 6-4
- Gael Monfils (17) beat Maxime Cressy: 7-6 (10), 7-6 (6)
- Marin Čilić (13) beat Karen Khachanov: 6-3, 6-2
- Alex De Minaur beat Grigor Dimitrov (15): 7-6 (4), 7-5
- Nick Kyrgios beat Daniil Medvedev (1): 6-7 (2), 6-4, 6-2
- Jannik Sinner (7) beat Adrian Mannarino (Q): 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Pablo Carreno Busta beat Holger Rune: 6-0, 6-3
- Roberto Bautista Agut (14) beat Jenson Brooksby: 7-5, 6-1
- Tommy Paul beat Carlos Alcaraz (2): 6-7 (4), 7-6 (7), 6-3
- Casper Ruud (4) beat Alex Molcan: 7-6 (3), 6-3
- Hubert Hurkacz (8) beat Emil Ruusuvuori: 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-2
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